set a spell | Idiomator

Meaning: (US,idiomatic,countrifieddialect)Tosit downfor a period of time, especially in the company of other people and in order torelaxor to engage incasualconversation.Synonym:visit a spell1876,Louisa May Alcott, “The Romance of a Summer Day”, inSilver Pitchers: and Independence:[S]he declined his invitation to "Come up and see the old woman andset a spell."1906,Myrtle Reed, chapter 2, inA Spinner in the Sun:"You might as well set down," remarked Miss Hitty, with a new gentleness of manner. "I'm going toset a spell."2000January 30, Steve Strunsky, “New Jersey and Co.: Inside 'Big Box' Project, Threats to 'Little Boxes'”, inNew York Times, retrieved25 June 2011:Hank's Hardware is one of those quintessentially American places. . . . Hank's is a place where people canset a spell, but it is also a business, competing in the ever-tightening hardware marketplace.2005November 24, Jean Parks, “Opinion: Retirement fulfills”, inUSA Today, retrieved25 June 2011:In this country community, we enjoy our neighbors as we never could before. There is time toset a spelland talk about the weather, family and days gone by.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seeset,‎a,‎spell.2006May, Stobie Piel,Prince of Ice, New York, N.Y.: Love Spell,Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc.,→ISBN,page84:“Did the witchset a spellon you, too, Bodvar?”

Examples:

EN: Get down and set a spell, friend.
ES: Póngase cómodo, amigo.
EN: [With Southern Drawl] Well, talk like that, you come right down to my office and set a spell.
ES: Bueno, entonces pase a mi oficina y dígame más.
EN: Yeah, me and Jack, we, uh, set a spell.
ES: Jack y Yo nos ayudábamos.
EN: - You got me at barrel's end. - We'll be setting down in the desert... leave you to set a spell. Who am I to argue?
ES: - Me engañaste. ¿Para qué discutirlo?
EN: Honey, let me set a spell.
ES: Cariño, déjame sentarme un momento.
ID: Sayang, biar aku rehat dulu.
EN: "come on over and set a spell."
ES: Cual es el numero?
EN: Told us to set a spell'
ES: Nos dijo que esperemos.
EN: Come on in and set a spell.
ES: Ven aquí y cuéntame.
EN: - Come set a spell. - OK.
ES: - Ven a sentarte aquí.
ID: Ayo, duduk.
EN: So come on down and set a spell with us.
HI: तो पास आ जाओ और लिपट जाओ हमसे।
EN: It looks like you set a spell card in desperation.
ID: Sepertinya kau memasang kartu mantra dengan putus asa.
EN: Told us to set a spell.
ID: Kita disuruh untuk mempersiapkan mantra.
EN: I'd like to set a spell, you know?
TE: నేను కొన్ని క్లాస్సి లోదుస్తులచే చేయాలనుకుంటున్నాను, మీకు తెలుసా.
EN: Want to set a spell.
TE: ఒక వ్యాసం రాయాలని ఆలోచన.
EN: Come back and set a spell.
TE: మళ్ళీ కలపండి మరియు ఒక మూత కవర్.

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